Phonograph illuffllnating



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PHONGRAPH ILLUMINATING APPLIANCES. APPLICATLON FILED ]AN. 2. |919.

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inria application nled ifanuary at, w19. r.serial tto. s733361.

provements in Phonograph llluminating Appliances, oit which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in illuminating appliances for phonographs tor enabling the correct positioning ot the records where the light is insucient or the instrument is placed in a more or less darle cned part of a room or is being operated during the twilight hour, before the lights are turned on.- j

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and etcient appliance for illuminating the record disks when the reproducer arm is being placed in the initial or starting position. lhe appliance comprises an electric circuit containing a battery7 a lamp mounted on the upper portion ot the horn above the record dislrs, and a switch7 the switch being attached to the handle or con-.v

trol lever to be conveniently pressed by the thumb to close the circuit when the handle or control lever is grippedin the act oi positioning" thel reproducer arm as hereinafter more fully described in `connection with the accompanying drawings.

Beferrin ingeneral ternes to the said. drawings,' igure 1 is a vertical sectional view ot the upper portion of a phonograph cabinetshowing my illuminating appliance applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a detail plan view oi? the .handle or control lever, and the spring clip constituting the switch and Fig. 3 is a cross section through the upper portion ot the horn extension showing the lamp attaching devices thereon.

ln a more particular description ont the improvement the same reference characters are employed to denote similar parts 'n the drawings and description.

its is apparent trom the drawings a simple form ot concealed lamp circuit is shown consisting'oi' a wire or conductor 1., which .leads from one pole oit' a battery 2 and a wire or conductorwhichleads trointhc other pole oit said battery 2. 'l'Lhe battery and. conducts are concealed within the upper compartment l ci the phonograph in which the horn 5 is housed., 'lihe other end otcondue tact poin tor il is secured at 6 to a conductor in the form oi' a resilient adjustable band 8 which oli is clamped at its overlapped ends around the upper portion 9 of the horn which lies above the record table 25'. it. lamp sockety 10 is secured to said band 8 and receives a bulb or lamp 1l which lies adjacent tovthe `record disks 12 and sufficiently above said disks to illuminate the records as placed `in position and when the reproducer is being located. t band oi insulation 13 lits around the horn extension 9 on the inside of the band or conductor 8 and as shown in Fig. 3 the ends oit which also overlap and are clamped tightly to the horn extension 9 by an adjusting screw 1li which penetrates an oblong opening 15 in the outer end of the band 8, so that both bands 8 and 13 may be adjusted to horn c extensions of diderent sizes. The insulation band 13 has an opening 16 therein through which the lamp socket contact point 17 makes contact with- 'il and 13 are' placed in position by removing the reproducer arm 18 and slipping said bands over the end oi the horn extension 9 and adjusting them to the proper lit and then tightening the same. `The terminal of conductor 3 connects with a switch consisting ot a spring clip 19 which is mounted on the handle or control lever and is insulated therefrom as shown in Fig. 2. 'lhe said handle or control lever 20 may be removed by unscrewing it and the saidblip 19 may he easily placed over the rod from which Vsaid handle was removed and said handle or lever then replaced. lt will' be seen :trom Fig. 2 that the spring cli or `switch 19 is on the side of the hand e or control lever 20 in a convenient place to be pressed by' the thumb oi the hand gripping said handle-to cause the contact point 21 thereof to malte contact with contactfpoint 22 which is on the reproducen mechanism manipulating rod 2?. rll`he lamp circuit is 'thus made through the horn when tlipse con- `engage.' 'lhe record is thus conveniently illuminated when the handle or control lever is in use by pressing the thumb against the spring clip 19. The bands 8 and 13 are extended outwardly as at 24 to provide Alor the usual tube on the horn for the electric stop. This st feature is wellf Sli to be engaged by the hand to close the lmnp circuit in manipulating the smid control lever and the other Contact element ot which, on the manipulating rod of the repimlnmir mechanism to which the said control lever is connected, whereby the lnnlp circuit is Completed through the reproducer mechanism in positioning the records :md is broken 20 when the hand releases thecontrol lever.

ln testimony whereof I :nlix my signature.

MELVIN H. GAB A. 

